Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the top choice of Filipinos in Europe for the presidential seat. Following closely is the Sen. Manny Villlar. On the mock election conducted on several countries in Europe with 500 respondents, Aquino garnered the highest with 39% followed by Villar with % and former president Joseph Estrada was 3rd with 20%.

Europe has a total of 61,294 registered absentee voters. Italy has the most number of registered absentee voters with 23,435 and far second is the United Kingdom with only 8,552.

For the vice-presidential race, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II was way ahead at 39% followed by Sen. Loren Legarda with 24%.

However, in a separate mock elections initiated by the Philippine Association of Royal Mail Employees in United Kingdom, Manny Villar was on the lead with 81 votes or 34% and Aquino placed 2nd with 73 votes or 32%.

More than 200 members of the group took part in the mock polls in the UK.

In an outreach program conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Wales, ABS-CBN’s Balitang Europe conducted random interviews with Filipino workers on their choice for president.

The interviewed Filipino workers said they chose Aquino because he is credible and has no taint of corruption.

Some picked Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon because of his proven track record while some prefer Bro. Eddie Villanueva claiming the country needs spiritual leadership.

Absentee voters in Europe may be small in number, but they pull serious influence on their relatives back home.

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